Boksalis has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilding company Royal IHC to build a methanol-ready trailing suction hopper dredger.

Celsius Shipping has exercised two options and newly inked a further four optional LNG carriers with China Merchants Industry.

CSSC Guangxi Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering has entered into shipbuilding contract with Italian Manisa Chartering for six plus two general cargoships.

The first four vessels are due for delivery from mid-2026 and onwards.

Global shipbuilding order book will need to start to include dry and liquid bulk vessels to meet the increasingly stringent regulations that will begin coming into force from January.

Just days after Euronav announced the sale of 24 VLCCs to Frontline it has taken up an option on a VLCC newbuilding.

Shipbuilder Damen has gained Approval in Principle (AiP) for methanol-powered workboats as it looks to extend the use of the fuel to smaller vessels.

The Chinese manufacturer Weihua Group has launched marine equipment production base in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has contracted Damen Shipyards for five diesel-powered tugs and one electric vessel.

Maersk’s world’s first large 16,200 teu-containership powered by methanol has been floated out of its building dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries.